I have done that last summer and then the motor had to be replaced. My wife still blames me for that, but it was a coincidence only. The motor and the shade is at least 13-15 years old, so it was kind of imminent.
If you have access to the motor controller, I guess you either have a switch for in and out, or a remote to control it, then you just need a roller shutter controller. Aeotec, Fibaro, Qubino has them. The operation is the same like a roller shutter. The only difference is 100% fully out, and 0% fully in, but it depends on wiring or module settings how you like it.
The only thing is to look for, is the allowed highest load on the module. If you have a huge awning blind, then you might have a huge motor as well, maybe 2 kW or more. Those modules have a limitations as I can recall usually 1 kW.